Liquid atomizer



July 14, 1925. I 1,546,092

M, 1H LYONS LI QUID ATOMI ZER Fiiaed May 29, 1924 A TTORNEY Patented July 14, 1925,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAURICE H. LYONS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIG-NOR TO GEORGE B. WAN DLIN G, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

LIQUID ATOMIZER.

Application filed May 29,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAURICE H. LYONS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid Atomizers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a liquid atomizer especially designed for use in atomizing liquids from bottles and the like and one of its particular uses is to serve as an atomizer for liquid insecticides.

Prior to my invention, atomizers incorporating the same generic principles have been made of sheet metal but the air tube and liquid tube have been made of two pieces and then joined together. My invention contemplates the provision of an atomizer made from a single sheet metal blank formed into shape wiithout soldering or other fastening means, and the novelty will be apparent by reference to the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Fig, 1 is a perspective view of an atoinizer constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank, and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the air tube and the liquid tube showing the integral brace connecting them and the flange for stiffening the liquid tube.

In carrying out the invention ablank is struck from a single piece of sheet metal to provide an elongated relatively narrow strip 1 at the upper end of which is an integral bracket arm 2 carrying at its outer edge a fan'shaped strip 3 at right angles to the strip 1 and terminating short of the strip 1. The strip 1 however extends slightly above the arm 2 in line with the strip 3.

The liquid tube is formed by bending the 1924. Serial No. 716,796.

strip 1 until the edge 4: abuts against the body portion of the strip at about the line 5 leaving a stiffening re-enforcing edge 6. The air tube or mouth piece is formed by bending the strip 3 outwardly along the line 7, then upwardly along the line 8, then horizontally along the line 9, downwardly along the line 10 and inwardly along the line 11 so that the edge 12 will lie against the fiat face of the brace arm 2. The widest portion of the tube 3 isv distant from the tube formed by the strip 1. The mouth piece or air tube thus formed gradually converges from its outer end to its inner end and having an opening 13 in a plane across the top of the open end 14 of the tube 1. Therefore if the operator presses the tube formed by the strip 1 in the liquid and blows through the air tube or mouth piece, the liquid will be drawn through the tube and forced there from in the form of a spray as is common in such devices.

The edge 4 makes a butt joint against the body of the strip 1 and the edge 12 makes a butt joint against the body portion of the brace arm 2 sufficient to exclude air leaks. The brace arm 2 provides a rigid connection between the air tube and the liquid tube so it will be apparent that the entire device can be formed of a single blank thus reducing the cost of production.

lVhat I claim and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is:

A blank for atomizers struck from a single piece of sheet metal, said blank comprising an elongated strip having a fold line slightly within one edge of the strip, a lateral brace arm at one end oi? the strip and a second strip projecting from one longitudinal edge of the brace arm so that the first named strip may be formed into a tube with a projecting bracing edge and the second mentioned strip may be formed into a tube having one end discharging slightly beyond one end of the first named tube.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

MAURICE H. LYONS. 

